Lois Schmidt Email & Phone Number

United States

Granite Falls, MN

• Collaborates with Bremer Banks, Otto Bremer Foundation, and community leaders in southern and west central Minnesota defining strengths and challenges, building skills and bringing resources to the region.
• Building organizational effectiveness by helping local and regional nonprofits access financial, volunteer management, and board governance resources.
• Facilitating grant writing and fundraising trainings, providing one-on-one coaching in proposal development, critiquing grant proposals and identifying funding opportunities.
• Fostering engagement between premiere, leading, statewide nonprofit organizations and local / regional nonprofits, increasing awareness and building capacity by introducing expertise, training and resources to.
• Recognized as leader by Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration Presidents Award – 2013, and Bremer Bank awards in 2007, 2009, 2012.

Founding Member

• Directed establishment of southwestern Minnesota’s first comprehensive regional clearinghouse of information on health, human service and community resources for 18 southwestern MN counties.
• Coordinated regional center in 2-1-1 state / national information and referral (I&R) system, enabling centralized 3-digit dial access to information and service options previously not available to individuals and.
• Facilitated transfer of First Call For Help® 2-1-1 services for 27 county southern MN area to United Way 2-1-1 system in Minneapolis, creating efficiency, increased coordination and more information and service options.

Marshall, MN

• Elevated organization to community leadership and support status by fostering growth, creating structure and professionalism, cultivating board participation, engaging business and employee giving, and coordinating.
• Coordinated 130% increase in funds raised and distributed to charities, providing support to meet targeted community needs.
• Led expansion of single-community United Way to county-wide organization, creating efficiency in both fund raising and fund distribution; increasing synergy among businesses, individuals and families experiencing.